Luzula atrata

Rhizomatous perennial forming loose tufts, fibrous leaf remains not prominent, flowering stems erect, c. 10–20 cm high, often reddish, much exceeding the foliage. Leaves broadly channelled, mostly to c. 3 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, margins nerve-like, ciliate at the base or (in all Victorian specimens) wholly glabrous; leaf apices obtuse, slightly thickened. Inflorescence a single dense globose blackish cluster c. 0.7 cm diam.; leafy floral bracts 1 or 2, to 2 cm long; tepals acuminate, 2–2.5 mm long, dark reddish brown or blackish, with inconspicuous pale margins; anthers c. 0.5 mm long; capsules subequal to tepals, deep reddish brown or blackish, minutely but distinctly papillose in the upper part; seeds c. 1 mm long excluding caruncle which is c. one-sixth as long as seed. Flowers Nov.–Feb